Process of manufacturing means for simultaneously printing, perforating, and cutting.



G. M. LAUB,

IROGESS OF MANUFACTURING MEANS FOR SIMUETANEOUSLY PRINTING, PBRFORATING,

AND CUTTING;

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INVE N TOR A TTORNEY G. M. LAUB. EROOESS OF MANUFACTURING MEANS FORSIMULTANEOUSLY PRINTING, PERFORATING,

IDGUTTING. APPL IOATION FILED NOV. 15, 1911.

Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

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INVENTOR M. LAUB. PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING MEANS FOR. SIMULTANEOUSLYPRINTING, PERFORATING,

AND CUTTING.

APPLICATION FILED NOV .15, 1911 Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

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GEGRGE M. LAUB, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 MODEL PATTERNCOMPANY, A. CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PROCESS-or MANUFACTURING MEANS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY PRINTING, rnnronarme,AND CUTTING.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 15, 1911. Serial No. 660,336.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I GEORGE M. Lane, a citizen of the United tates, and aresident of the city of Newark, county of Essex, and State of NewJersey, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in theProcess of Manufacturing Means for Simultaneously Printing, Perforating,and Cutting, of which the following is a full, clear, and completedisclosure.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved process formanufacturing the combined printing, perforating and cutting meansherein described.

With these and other objects in View, such as are brought out in thefollowing specification and appended claims, the invention in itspreferred form is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a plan Vievt of a perforated holder or pattern mold with theperforating and cutting pins stuck into the apertures therein; Fig. 2 isa section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section similar to Fig.2 but showing the backing material for and surrounding the pins; Fig. 4is an enlarged fragmentary section of a sheet of the backing materialremoved from the mold and containing the perforating and cutting pins; 5is a perspective view showing two forms of pins; Fig. '6 is a plan viewof the holder or mold for forming strips of backing material andmutilating means, and partly filled therewith; Fig. 7 is a section onthe line 77 of Fig. 6; Fig. 8 is a section similar to Fig. 7 but showingthe backing material within the mold; Fig. 9 is a plan view of a holderor mold showing strips of backing material and mutilating means carried.thereby bent to form a pattern, there being also shown cuts orelectrotypes for printing a sheet of material simultaneously with themutilation thereof by the pins; Fig. 10 is a section on the line 1010 ofFig. 9; Fig. 11 is a section similar to Fig. 10, show ing backingmaterial uniting the respective strips and blocks of the same materialrespectively holding the pins and cuts shown in Fig. 10; Fig. 12 is aside elevation partly in section showing a common form of proof press,which is intended to represent any suitable mechanism for mutilatingsheets of material by printing, perforating and cutting in the improvedprocess; and Fig. 13 is a vertical section on the line 13-13 of Fig. 12.

Referring to the drawings, the preferred form of the invention comprisesa holder or mold 15 which is flat and preferably provided withperipheral, upwardly projecting flanges i6, and when in use is placedupon any suitable smooth fiat support 17, such as marble, solid or sheetmetal, wood, or the like. As shown in Fig. 1, the mold is provided withparallel rows of axially parallel.

openings 18, generally extending through the mold in a verticaldirection, but when desired it is possible to have the openings compriserecesses of equal depth. These rows of "openings, furthermore, may beeither equally or unequally spaced and arranged to form any arbitrarydesign, such as letters, figures, etc., they being shown in the presentcase of the latter form for a purpose hereinafter described. Y

Inserted intoeach of the recesses 18, with the points downward andresting upon the supporting surface 17, are steel pins l9'and 20, forperforating and cutting respectively, the pins being substantially twiceas long as the depth of the recesses 18,. and protruding above thesurface of the mold to a heightequal to' that of the flanges 16. Thepins 19 are usually inserted in the holes along the innermost line ofthe design, while the pins 20 are inserted in a like manner in theremaining line or lines and with their sharpened edges in alinement, itbeing understood that. the perforations made by the former, when theprocess is used in the manufacture of dress patterns, designate the linethat the stitches of thread are to take, while the latter form a brokenout line along which the pattern is torn to provide for a desired widthof scam. After placing the holder or mold upon its support and fillingthe openings therein with the respective forms of Patented Mar.25,19il3.

pins as shown in Fig. 2, there is poured into the mold a composition oftar and other ingredients, or in fact any suitable compound,

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w iich upon cooling hardens and firmly The material with the pinsembedded therein is thus formed primarily in a substantially fiat biockwhich may then, without predetermined alt'eraltion, be pioeecl. upon bedof suoli e.

press asis shown in Figs, '1 and 13 of the drawing. l'lowev mom. andwell l-Zsl-C'Wfl method of applying printing and perforating formsrollers, this primarily fiat block may be heated and then euri'ecl byany suitable methoil, such as, for instance, in-a stereotype form, 'terWlll(l1 it may lie readily placed upon the ll A , cylimlrieol surface ofthe roller St) in the press shown in the above mentioned figures,

This last described form "which. may be given to the block of materiel,while not generically n 'v, in view of the common si'ei'eo me practicementioneil in View l'lie ilaet that the block "om'zeil V this process:may be 0;; rated either upon t Florin-co oi e roller, upon :1 print.bell with tionetl or let equal efivieixoy, last-me" form alone having l)en il mriiteil in the accompany -lnvvings,- s nply for the purpose 073amp one the operative 1 o met-nods, in Winch 1?; mightbe mil-voted toany s type at cylinder preiso modes shown 2.x; i. loyeol 121 elonget mgopimrclly extending PEXlPliC-Lfli flanges 33, substantially equal inheight above said IflGlCl to the thickness of the molil and inwing oispaced intervals throughout. its sur taco vertical axially parallelrecesses 82,

gjrefei'ebly extending; through to the bottom of the mold. The apertures32 lie in "pa-rah the preferred foxm, there also pomecl into the mold 3Omelted backing material which, surrounding the butt encls of the pins,eools, and on being reinoveth also removes the pins fromtlieircoi-respondingg recesses and'forms' o. strip of hard ll'ltitiflilfirmly earrying in unitary Telotion therewith the respective pointed andgm pins, the hitter being; :11 ii'iogecl with moi. in alinemeni. In formmor 'i also p2 i-rlecl a sect having on imperfomte foi-i iecl in tilemold by the methocl ale scribed illl'llllf} pi ececling pemgreph but bert when DE-Ct nll Yy oyihe application heat? o the outline 38 of ethereto to confotrd;

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*press is illuslmterl in Figshfi and 3.3. the copy press the bal issupported by 35 similar to that [l Tais' mold is laid upon lint beiF'T'IiiBTSlTOOQl allot this can be used only for dress pallei'nlookingyfor it is npplicahle to any purpose requiring a similartreatment of sheet material suv'n as the ll'llllllflilfin of chm-ks,drafts lllltl other legal papers.

As shown in Fig. 9, iliere is first drawn upon the inner flat. surfaceof the mold 235 the outline 38 of any desired patlurn, awl the variousstrips 37 are l t it and mitei'ed form a'continuouq line of soulmaterial centered directly above liie line 38 of the deeli'c-(l pattern,owl carrying the pins 19 and 3 in such relation that. when a sheet of ireoi'ei" respectively ointed and. elon- PQ'LfOlr'lilOllfi will be madein said heel, the foi -1 designating the lines: upon which the stile areto no lRlIQD, While the letter leg rigor short cuts, near together orfarther ape u may be desired determine the optional Wiotli of the seamand along the ozittem outline "my be tlm'wzifor the sheet material torn.

For printing noon the otteni sh 'pi'o'vioe i m'ioos slugs, cuts orelectr: 39 preferably backed up with bio of material similar thatcompris the strips 37, These cuts are arranged in my clesirecimanneiupon the sm'foce W t mold 35, and 290011; the whole do pouredbacking material 41, in a liqui of the same'natore as that mud in the37, and blocks 40.. in pouring them 47. into the mold, it is essentialthat v be of such temperature that it will flow "norotively freelysoften and unify h the i'especlive strips encl' ii form one piece; butat. time. some time no ootten the strips and blocks to such an in tentthat the i'espeelive pins and cuts wil be displaced i'om their desiredposition iilieo the material. has solidified it is moved as one piecefrom the mold in plzaeetl'flntly ii; any suitable form or pro.preferably one having? horizontal bli', If? for. cogwenience,atlie simolest fork of co suitable legs or standards &6, and is $111"- roumledby on upwardly projecting portion 47, and. on opposite sides tliereofbvpair rails 18, upon which the flangml Wheels 49, secured on a commonshaft with an int pression roller travel. This as stimuli, is but asimgile devicefog-completing the pi'oeess of mutiloting sheet ofmaterial siimiltaneous y in the three ways of print-- log, 1)Bi f9 qomlicotting, out-it is 'to-lie understood the; 'ohaiiieally inltecl ffliand operated can be used, and poi'- tieujlorly one in which either theplates; or the design moi ee horizontally.

- Prepuratoifiy to the act 'of reproclucing the desired. (1881??! upon'tliepoper or other relatively narrow, elongated holder, then intense pv material, in operatlng the device for com pleting the process, thecuts 39 and pins 19 and 20 are inked in any convenient manner,

asjor instance by the use of the inking roller 52, arranged to receiveits ink from a table Then a sheet of material 51, of any desiredthickness, composition, shape or size, such as paper, fiber, cloth,metal, etc., is placed in a position to rest lightly upon the upwardlyprojecting points of, the needles 19 and 20, whereupon the roller 50 isrun over the surface thereof, causing by its Weight the needles torespectively perforate and cut the sheet, and the points thereof toenter the blanket 54 of the roller, and the sheet to come into contactwith the surface of the cuts. After the roller has completed its coursealong the rails of the press, the sheet is removed from the form havingbeen perforated, cut and printed at one and the sarnetime. Then,totransfer the perforated and cut pattern to a piece of material, a clothor brush, carrying powder of a contrasting color, is rubbed over thesurface of the pattern, leaving an outline on the materialthereloeneath, corresponding to the rows of perforations.

In the application of this device to the cancelation or other marking oflegal docu ments, it is obvious that an. improvement is presented overall forms of canceling devices which sirnply perforate or print, orboth, for, from the fact that the pins themselves are inked, the inkthereon is carried through the paper, some of it being deposited on theraw edges of the material surrounding the individual perforations, Whilesome of its remains on each of the front and rear surfaces, making itquite impossible to 'altergany marking brought about in, this way, for,while simple perforatiions have been'refilled, it is impossible toremove the 'ink marks adjacent to and in the filler of the materialdirectly surrounding the holes. Thus it can be understood from theforegoing that the present invention, while presenting a deviceemploying materials which are inexpensive and capable of unlimitedreuse, is not confined to the exact design and operation illustrated anddescribed, but any modifications may he made therein which do not departfrom the spirit of the invention or are beyond the scope of the appendedclaims.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to protectby Letters Pat ent of the United States is: I

1. The process of forming a die, which consists in arranging spacedmutilating means in parallel series of openings in a heating and bendini uniting said means to forms strip, then I heating and bending saidstrip in its plans bending said strip to form. any desiredconfiguration.

3. The process of forming a die for simult-aneous printing, perforatingand cutting, which consists in arranging spaced mutilating means inparallel series of openings in a relatively narrow, elongated holder,then uniting said means to form a strip, said win its pl to form anydesire eonliguration, fornu a printing means and hacking the same, athen uniting said mutilating and printing means.

a. The process of forming a die for simultaneous printing, perforatingand cutting, which consists in arranging spaced, manna ing' means inparallel series oi openings in a,

relatively narrow; elongated holder, then uniting the butt ends of saidmeans by a permanent backing to form a strip, then heating and bendingsaid strip in its plane to form any desired configuration, forming a cutand hacking the same, placing said out in a plane slightly lower thanthat of the extremities of said means, and uniting said strip and thebacking of said out to form a unitary structure 5. The process 101"forming a die for si rn'ultaneous printing, perforating and out,- ting,which consists in arranging spaced. nintilating means in parallel seriesor openings in a relatively narrow, elongated holder, then uniting thebutt ends of said means by a permanent backing to form a strip, thenheating and bending said strip in its plans to form any desiredconfiguration, forming" a cut and backing the same, and uniting said.strip and the backing of said-cut to iorm a unitary structure.

6. The process of forming a die for siniuh taneous printing,perforating; and cutting, which consists in arranging spaced nnitilatiing means in openings provided therefor in at holder, then uniting thebutt ends of said means by a permanent backing to form a block, thenheating and bending said blocs to form any desired configuration.

in Witness whereof i have hereunto my hand this 3rd day of November, A.ll, 193.1. GEGBGE M. LAUH.

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' Envvsnn N. Kinos ron,

' James M. Woouvonrn.

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